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2026 FINALIST
Digital Assets / Cryptocurrency Innovation
ARREL
A quick read on the team, their work and the little things they would happily band from Fintech forvever.
TEN QUESTIONS
Ten questions, no waffle.
A rapid-fire profile looking at the humans behind the shortlist.
Explain what your company does to a gogo
Arrel is like a digital plug that attaches to businesses and bank computers, helping them send money safely across the world in seconds (instead of days).
Your biggest win this year, in one sentence?
Being a finalist in the Digital Assets/Cryptocurrency Innovation category at the SA FinTech Awards 2026, of course.
Your brand's personality in three words?
SUIT-WEARING-CRYPTO.
The fintech buzzword your team would ban forever?
"Trustless"
Sounds super sketchy.
Telling someone, "Hey, put your money here, it's completely trustless!" sounds like a line from a Shady Street Magician.
What do your customers say about you most?
The one tool your team can't work without?
Arrel drastically cut our time-to-market.
Our Digital Asset Platform, called DAPL (and Slack).
The emoji that best sums up your brand?
Your year-end function in five words?
🔌
Bowling, beer and good banter.
Your company's unofficial motto?
Coffee can solve that.
What's next for you, in five words?
The rest of Africa!
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